Administration Bureau Commander, Duane Cedergren
The Administrative Bureau consists of the nine administrative and functional service sections within the Sheriff's Department. This division supports or provides services to all functions and operations within the Sheriff's Department or County Government.
Civil Process
By statutory requirement, the County Sheriff is mandated to serve all orders of the Court, including court orders, civil complaints, summons and subpoenas. The Civil Process supervisor and clerks process more than 16,000 civil documents per year. Sheriff process servers take these papers throughout the county attempting delivery (service) upon businesses, individuals and property alike. The types of documents served range from property levies and evictions, subpoena to appear in court and miscellaneous court orders. More than 1500 domestic violence orders of protection that are also served to protect personal rights and prevent domestic violence.
Communications
A Sergeant commands this unit. The 911 communications center answers 911 and other police/fire calls via an enhanced 911 system which provides the dispatcher with the address the 911 call was placed from and emergency information about the address. The Sheriff's communication center receives 911 calls from the unincorporated areas of McHenry County as well as from the jurisdictions of nine police departments and four fire/rescue departments which contract dispatch services with the Sheriff. All dispatchers and supervisors are Illinois LEADS certified. They are certified through "Power Phone" as Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Dispatchers and are certified to issue pre-arrival medical instructions while the injured or ill persons are waiting the arrival of paramedic personnel.
The Premise alert Program (PAP) allows those with special needs or disabilities, or their guardians, to provide personal informatino to Public safety Angencies in the State of Illinois for dissemination to police, fire, and EMS personnel. The information is stored and maintained in a secure database and is provided to first responders for McHenry County via our computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, prior to their arrival at the scene. If you are interested in the program please use the link below to print off our form. Forms must be submitted with an original ink signature for entry in to the system.
Premise Alert Notification Form
Subpoena Fees for 911 Tapes and Recordings
Court Security
Commanded by Chief Court Security Officer. In addition to the 17 courtrooms, the Court Security Officers provide security to the McHenry County Government Center. Court Security Officers have full law enforcement powers and provide law enforcement duties within the Government Center complex.
Court Security Officers provide courtroom security during all hearings, trials and whenever court is in session. Court security officers open and close the court and are responsible for the safety and security of the judge, court officers, and the courtroom. Whenever a jury is sequestered for overnight deliberations, Court Security Officers remain with the jury to provide security and to ensure that no outside contact is made with jurors.
Administration
Personnel perform the clerical, financial and personnel operations necessary to operate the department. This section provides non-emergency telephone answering during normal business hours. This section performs the clerical personnel services. All bill payment and accounting functions go through the administrative section as do all personnel related functions.
Housekeeping
The Illinois Jail Standards requires that the Corrections / Jail area where prisoners are housed, is maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The complex housing the Sheriff's Department also requires constant maintenance. This is the responsibility of custodians who maintain the Sheriff's Department and the three story jail facility.
Sheriff Records
Police reports and information are released through this office in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
One supervisor coordinates the effort of the Records Clerks who process all records for the Sheriff's Office that are generated daily from the Communications, Patrol and Corrections Divisions. A Dictaphone dictation system is used by deputies to dictate many of their police reports remotely where it is stored, accessed and transcribed by clerks in the Records Division.
Crime classification and complex data entry is performed by clerks as well as the compilation of statistical information. Crime data is reported to state and federal agencies as required by law.
The processing of arrest paperwork and bonds posted in the Corrections Division is sorted, recorded and transmitted to the courts. Many records are now processed, scanned and stored electronically for easier access and storage.
Vehicle Maintenance
The Sheriff's garage is staffed by one supervisor and three mechanics who provide full time mechanical service for a fleet of 230 County vehicles. Each sworn deputy has an assigned take-home marked squad car which is serviced every 3000 miles. These vehicles are retained approximately seven years and the Sheriff's mechanics are responsible for all mechanical repairs, including rebuilding engines and suspension systems. The garage is a seven bay, fully equipped facility to help keep the vehicle in excellent mechanical condition. All mechanics are GM certified. The mechanics service a full line of vehicles, including, but not limited to: police squad cars, support vehicles, K-9 vehicles, a command truck, a Mobile Armored Rescue Vehicle ( MARV), jail transport vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, a gator and all watercrafts.